Morasso, Mario

Name:

Morasso, Mario

Gender:

male

Birth:

1871
Genova

Death:

1938

Description:

As journalist, political and literary writer, Morasso collaborated with some of the most renowned magazines and journals of that time, including "Gazzetta di Venezia", "Illustrazione Italiana", "Il Campo" and "Il Marzocco". Considered as precursor of the Futurism movement, he strongly supported the myth of the car and its relevance for modern esthetics. Among his works, "Uomini e idee del domani (l'egoarchia)" (1898), "L'imperialismo artistico" (1903) and "La nuova arma" (1905) covered a decisive role among the Futurists.

Genoa, which forms the southern corner of the Milan-Turin-Genoa industrial triangle of north-west Italy, is one of the country’s major economic centers. The city soon gained a reputation as a hotbed of anti-Savoy republican agitation (having its climax in 1849 with the Sack of Genoa), although the union with Savoy was economically very beneficial. With the growth of the Risorgimento movement, the Genoese turned their struggles from Giuseppe Mazzini's vision of a local republic into a struggle for a unified Italy under a liberalized Savoy monarchy. In 1860, Giuseppe Garibaldi set out from Genoa with over a thousand volunteers to begin the campaign. Today a monument is set on the rock where the group departed from.